It's hula. It's jazz. It's Na Hoku Hanohano award winner Owana Salazar headlining "Hula Jazz and Hawaiian Music in the Courtyard" this evening at the Sheraton Moana Surfrider's Banyan Court.

Also performing: traditional Hawaiian vocal and instrumental group Holunape, pictured, and vocalist 'Anelaikalani. Salazar took home a Hoku award for jazz album of the year in June for the CD "Hula Jazz." The 5:30 p.m. concert is free. 922-3111.

— Derek Paiva

KNOW WHERE TO TURN FOR ASSISTANCE

Concerned about your aging mother, father or Auntie Shirley? Don't know where to get help?

Sign up for two seminars on caring for your elders offered by the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Outreach College on Saturday and Jan. 28. Deborah Jackson, founder of Eldercare Hawai'i, will lead the workshops "Planning Ahead for Eldercare" (Saturday) and "The Caregiver's Journey" (Jan. 28), targeted at people caring for an older adult in Hawai'i.

Topics include finding resources and support, managing emotions and stress, and identifying and preparing for key transitions.

Cost: $60. For more information: 956-8400, http://outreach.hawaii.edu. Enrollment is limited.

— Catherine E. Toth

FINAL WORD

"It's extreme, and extreme is good for me. ... It's like: This is mine, this is my time. ... I want to win, and here I am.... Because this is my last shot."

Michelle Kwan | the ice skater, on the elusive gold medal and her new program for the 2006 Winter Olympics, which start Feb. 10, in Elle magazine